Improvement in lanterns



W. WESTLAKE.

Lantern.

No. 94,535 Patented Sent. 7. 1869.

(tout swat pawn: dtylilinr.

Letters Patent No. 94,535, dated Sqitember 7, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN LANTERNS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making m of;the same.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM WEsrLAKE, of Chicago, in the State of Illinois, have inventedcertaiu new and useful Improvements in Lanterns; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact de scription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents the lantern with a vertical fourth removed.

Figures 2 and 3 are details enlarged.

Figures 4 and 5, a variation.

My improvements relate to open-bottomed lanterns, for which I obtained Letters Patent of the United States, dated April 7, 1868; and the objects of my improvement are to so construct the lantern that as little shadowas possible will be cast beneath the same, and so that the several parts can be readily removed from each other.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I proceed to describe the construction and operation of the same.

A represents the globe, which is quite small at the base.

B is the dome or cap, the lower part of which, I), is large, having the under surface polished, and so constructed as to answer the purpose of a reflector.

The guard C, as shown, is attached to the dome by means of the hinge h and spring-catch c. Other methods may be used.

D is a narrow annular band, in which are holes to receive the vertical guard-rods, which are fastened thereto by means. of solder, upon the under side of this hand.

These rods are curved inward, so as to pass through the said holes in D, and from this band are curved outward, so as to form a suitable base, and at the bottom are connected to a ringor band, G, substan-' tially as shown in my patentof April 7, 1868, forming an open-base lantern.

E is a metalhoop, having a shoulder, a, which rests .upon that portion of the band D within the vertical.

Air is admitted through openings 0 iii the hoop E. I

. The vertical guard-wires might be secured to a vertical band, having slots therein, the bent wire being inserted therein and secured with solder, as seen in 4 and 5, in which H represents a portion of such band, and g, a slot therein.

It would be necessary to adapt this band to receive the hoop E. I prefer the band D to the vertical band mentioned.

The band D and the lower part G of the base might 'be made of cast-metal, and the guard-wires could be readily secured thereto; or, if desired, a base could be made wholly of cast-metal, consisting of the parts D, G, and i, in which case the vertical guard-wires above D would be secured directly to D, and would not below the same.

By connecting the oil-pot to the lantern by a screw instead of springs, I can makethe same occupy less space and cast a smaller shadow, as springs require considerable spac in which to be operated.

The reflector b will be found exceedingly useful in an open-base lantern, more so than in one having a close base. i

The globe A rests upon the hoop E.

The oil-pot may be connected to the hoop E by means of the ordinary bayonet-catch, and these-rewthreads on the oil pot and hoop dispensed with.

Loose bands have been heretofore applied in the base of lanterns, and 1 do not claim the loose band broadly.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is as follows:

The loose band E, provided with the supportingledge or shoulder c, in combination with the baud D,

substantially as and for the purposes specified.

WILLIAM WESTLAKE.

Witnesses:

E. A. WEST, L. L. Bonn. 

